History
Project Pitchfork was formed by Peter Spilles and Dirk Scheuber. After agreeing to work together, they picked the project's name by choosing a random word from the dictionary. The band gave their first performance in Hamburg in February 1990 and released their demo, "K.N.K.A", in August. In May 1991, their debut album "Dhyani" was released. The band's second album, "Lam-'Bras" was released in February 1992 and yielded the first vocal appearance of Patrica Nigiani. Six months later, the band's third album, "Entities" was released. The band switched labels to Off Beat for their 1994 release "Io". The album featured two singles, "Renascence" and "Carrion", and marked the first time the band entered the German Charts. The album was followed by a lengthy German tour.
In 1995, Project Pitchfork established their own label, Candyland Entertainment, through which they would release the majority of their material. 1995 also saw the release of two EPs, "CH'I" and "Corps d'Amour", and one album, "Alpha Omega". The year finished off with a tour supported by Rammstein. The next Project Pitchfork studio album "¡Chakra:Red!" was released in 1997. It was the first album since "Dhyani" to be written as a group effort, rather than by Peter Spilles alone, and the first to include Jürgen Jansen as a permanent band member.
Right after their first US tour in 1998, Project Pitchfork returned with concept album "Eon:Eon", their first while signed to label EastWest. The album yielded three singles, "Steelrose", "Carnival", and "I Live Your Dream". With the support of Eastwest, an imprint of the major label Warner Music), the band had greater resources available to produce videos for their music, which led to their being the first gothic industrial band to receive airplay on music TV in Germany. The video for "Steelrose" earned the band a nomination for an Echo Award for Best Video National. In 2001, the band released their eighth studio album "Daimonion" and supported the album with a European tour. In 2002 the band released the "NUN" trilogy which consisted of album "Inferno" and EPs "View From a Throne" and "Trialog". This earned the band another nomination for an Echo Award, this time for Best Alternative Act National.
Project Pitchfork returned with album Kaskade in 2005. In February 2009 the band released "Dream, Tiresias!" which received praise from electronic music magazine, ReGen. In 2010 the band's follow up album "Continuum Ride" was released along with a video to support the song "Beholder." "Continuum Ride" was inspired by the band's US tour in 2009, particularly their experience of Detroit, whose dilapidated skyline led to a more "dark and destructive" sound than that of their previous album.
By 2011 Project Pitchfork ceased operating their Candyland label, having since begun releasing their work on the Trisol label.
The band released "Quantum Mechanics" in 2011 as well as a video for the album's second track, "Lament". Later that year the band released a compilation album titled "First Anthology". In 2013 the band released their fourteenth studio album, "Black", and a music video to accompany the song "Rain". In June 2014, the band announced via their official website a new album titled "Blood". To promote the record the band held a pre-release show in Hamburg. The album was released in September and featured a music video for "Blood-Diamond (See Him Running)" edited by Peter Spilles himself.
In 2016, Project Pitchfork released their "Second Anthology", a double CD that included one new track, several unreleased rarities, and many re-recorded and remastered tracks. Also in 2016, the band released the album "Look Up, I’m Down There" to commemorate their 25th anniversary. The album was released in two versions: a standard CD release and a special, limited edition double CD wth an 80 page art book containing complete lyrics and a short story by the fantasy author Björn Springorum.
In 2018, the band released the album "Akkretion", the first of what was planned to be a trilogy of albums for release that year. Of the remaining albums of the trilogy, only the second, "Fragment," was released.
Starting in 2019, Trisol began releasing reissues of all the band's material over the previous decade from "Dream, Tiresias!" through "Look Up, I'm Down There".
Continuum
Project Pitchfork Lyrics
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And the way itself dies
The time has come
No one will cry
A snapshot of the past
Is all what will last
And the sounds of pain
"Endless fun
Is all we want"
Said the child to a demon
And he revealed a continuum ride
But structures of our past
Are not going to last
Because when the time lays in ruins
All memories are transformed
And pain is a thrill
And fear is a thrill
All this while we kill
And we're never standing still
For as long as this lasts
There will be no future - there will be no past
For all that is in this eternal blast
What will it be like?
What will it feel like?
Pain is a thrill
And fear is a thrill
All this while we kill
Oh, we're never standing still
For as long as this lasts
There will be no future - there will be no past
For all that is in this eternal blast
In this eternal blast
The lyrics of Project Pitchfork's song Continuum deals with the idea of eternity and the lack of a definite beginning and end. The opening lines, "When the laughter fades, And the way itself dies, The time has come, No one will cry" sets the tone for what is to come. It talks about how everything has an expiration date, and when that happens, no one would mourn its loss. The verse also hints at the inevitability of death, which is a constant and universal truth.
The next stanza, "A snapshot of the past, Is all what will last, And the sounds of pain, Will fill the air in vain," discusses how time moves on, and what remains constant is only a memory of the past. Pain and suffering will be a part of that memory but in a way that is futile and ineffective. The chorus says it all, "For all that is in this eternal blast," which summarizes the idea of the song. That we are trapped in an endless cycle of pain, fear, and death, which feeds our souls, and we can never break out of it.
Line by Line Meaning
When the laughter fades
As the joyful moments come to an end
And the way itself dies
As the journey itself comes to an end
The time has come
The end is near
No one will cry
There will be no tears for what was lost
A snapshot of the past
Only memories of the past remain
Is all what will last
Memories are the only thing that will endure
And the sounds of pain
The recollection of past suffering
Will fill the air in vain
Will serve no purpose except to remind
"Endless fun
The desire for unending pleasure
Is all we want"
Is our chief aspiration
Said the child to a demon
As a child converses with an evil spirit
And he revealed a continuum ride
And the demon showed him an unending journey
But structures of our past
The frameworks of our former selves
Are not going to last
Cannot be sustained forever
Because when the time lays in ruins
When time has brought everything to destruction
All memories are transformed
Our recollections undergo metamorphosis
And pain is a thrill
We find pleasure in our agony
And fear is a thrill
We find excitement in our terror
All this while we kill
Even as we destroy
And we're never standing still
We are always in motion
For as long as this lasts
As long as time endures
There will be no future - there will be no past
There is only this present moment
For all that is in this eternal blast
For everything contained in this everlasting explosion
What will it be like?
What will the future hold?
What will it feel like?
What will we experience?
Pain is a thrill
We derive joy from our suffering
And fear is a thrill
We delight in being afraid
Oh, we're never standing still
We are always moving
In this eternal blast
Within this unending explosion
Contributed by Maria D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
LodiLeper
When the laughter fades
And the way itself dies
The time has come
No one will cry
A snapshot of the past
Is all what will last
And the sounds of pain
Will fill the air in vain
"Endless fun
Is all we want"
Said the child to a demon
And he revealed a continuum ride
But structures of our past
Are not going to last
Because when the time lays in ruins
All memories are transformed
And pain is a thrill
And fear is a thrill
All this while we kill
And we're never standing still
For as long as this lasts
There will be no future
There will be no past
For all that is in this eternal blast
What will…
Luiz Eduardo Henriques
Project Pitchfork forever !! Amazing song, tks 4 share ! 🥰
Claudia Ziegler
🖤 Love it
In Umbra
🖤 it too! Thanks!
LodiLeper
When the laughter fades
And the way itself dies
The time has come
No one will cry
A snapshot of the past
Is all what will last
And the sounds of pain
Will fill the air in vain
"Endless fun
Is all we want"
Said the child to a demon
And he revealed a continuum ride
But structures of our past
Are not going to last
Because when the time lays in ruins
All memories are transformed
And pain is a thrill
And fear is a thrill
All this while we kill
And we're never standing still
For as long as this lasts
There will be no future
There will be no past
For all that is in this eternal blast
What will…
In Umbra
ty!
Madlen Bochmann
Big sadness overwhelmed me today, when I listened to this song in my car. In movement I catched the meaning of the lyrics and felt how it opened my heart and I started to cry. " ...There will be no future - there will be no past"...
Monika Ż.
A wonderful song!!!!!!
LodiLeper
one of the best 😊 (TL)
In Umbra
Indeed wonderful, thanks mate!
Gotik Dunkelheit
Lovely song, great German band, exciting picture of destroyed London!